EP0523916B1 - Apparatus for driving yarn feeders built in a flat knitting machine - Google Patents
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- D04B15/00—Details of, or auxiliary devices incorporated in, weft knitting machines, restricted to machines of this kind
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- the present invention relates to a flat knitting machine and, more particularly, to apparatus for controlling a yarn feeding mechanism of such a machine.
- any of those conventional flat knitting machines available for knitting colour yarns of various kinds are furnished with at least one carriage which is secured to needle beds in order to adjust the movement of knitting needles in the forward and backward direction.
- a plurality of yarn feeders are slidably installed in the front and on the back of a plurality of yarn-guide rails which are secured above and in the longitudinal direction of the needle beds. In this case, it is necessary for respective yarn feeding apertures at the bottom tips of those yarn feeders to properly feed yarns at predetermined positions close to the tips of knitting needles when those knitting needles on the needle bed project at the knitting position.
- a plurality of carriages for adjusting positions of knitting needles in the forward and backward direction are installed on a plurality of yarn guide rails disposed above and in the longitudinal direction of needle beds.
- An operating pin is also provided, which is capable of controllably moving itself in the vertical direction from those carriages to yarn feeders.
- a coupling recess available for engagement with the operating pin is provided on the top surface of each yarn feeder.
- the operating pin which is engaged with the coupling recess moves in association with yarn feeders, the operating pin forcibly opens link in resistance against attractive energizing force of a spring in order to lower yarn feeding apertures on the bottom tip of respective yarn feeders down to a predetermined position close to the tips of knitting needles.
- the operating pin engaged with the coupling recess is not accompanied with yarn feeders, the operating pin attracts the link by effect of attractive energizing force of the spring to lift the yarn feeding apertures at the bottom tips of respective yarn feeders, thus preventing yarn feeding apertures of other remaining yarn feeders from interferring with each other.
- An object of the invention is to solve at least some of the above mentioned problems.
- the object is achieved by providing a novel apparatus which is capable of precisely arranging all the yarn feeding apertures of yarn feeders by way of fully lowering them down to the predetermined position and, at the same time, precisely controlling the shifting movement and stopping operation of yarn feeders.
- a flat knitting machine comprising at least one carriage available for adjusting movement of knitting needles stored in their respective needle beds, a plurality of yarn guide rails which are respectively disposed above and in the longitudinal direction of the needle beds, a plurality of yarn feeders which respectively feed yarns to the knitting needles by way of being guided and accompanied by the yarn guide rails, and apparatus for driving said yarn feeders comprising a carrying means which selects yarn feeders to run in association with each other, and a lowering means which lowers yarn feeding apertures of selected yarn feeders down to a predetermined position close to the tips of the knitting needles, characterised in that the carrying means includes a carrying pin the movement of which is controlled according to movement of carriage facing the selected yarn feeder, and a coupling recess enabling the carrying pin to be engaged with a portion of the yarn feeder facing said carriage, and the lowering means causes a spring to urge a feeder rod in the upward direction, and then, when the carrying pin jointly runs in company with the yarn feeder, the lowering means causes the
- a plurality of carriages are activated to run on the top surface of corresponding needle beds.
- the above mentioned lowering means starts to operate in association with the yarn feeder selecting and carrying means.
- selected yarn feeders respectively adjust the movement of knitting needles in the forward and backward directions by way of being accompanied with carriages.
- the lowering means lowers yarn feeding apertures down to a predetermined position very close to the tips of knitting needles, and then securely feeds yarns to knitting needles mounted on respective needle beds.
- Fig. 1 illustrates a lateral view of the flat knitting machine designated by the reference numeral 1 in the accompanying drawings.
- the flat knitting machine 1 incorporates a pair of needle beds 3 and 3 on the top surface of a body bed 2 by way of a reverse-V shaped formation as viewed from a lateral side.
- Each needle bed 3 incorporates a plurality of knitting needles 4 to permit all the knitting needles 4 to move themselves in the forward and backward directions as required.
- a pair of carriages 5 and 5 are mounted on the top surface of those needle beds 3 and 3, where these carriages 5 and 5 are slidably movable by a drive unit (not shown) in order to shift the position of knitting needles back and forth.
- carriages 5 and 5 are linked with each other by means of a gate-shaped connecting frame 7 formed by way of spanning yarn guide rails 6 and 6 which are disposed in the longitudinal direction of a pair of needle beds 3 and 3 and above the tip ends of those needle beds 3 and 3, thus enabling those carriages 5 and 5 to jointly and simultaneously run themselves.
- each yarn feeder 8 is slidably set to the front and back surfaces of each yarn guide rail 6.
- Each yarn feeder 8 is selected by a drive unit 9 secured in the center of the gate-shaped connecting frame 7 before being driven by the drive unit 9.
- the drive unit 9 available for driving a plurality of yarn feeders 8 is installed on the bottom surface of a base plate 10 secured to the gate-shaped connecting frame 7.
- the drive unit 9 comprises a carrying means 11 and a lowering means 13 available for lowering yarn feeding aperture 12 at the bottom tip of each yarn feeder 8 down to a predetermined position close to the tips of knitting needles 4 being opposite from those yarn feeders 8 on the yarn guide rails 6.
- the above-identified yarn feeder carrying means 11 comprises a coupling recess 14 which is provided in the upper end and the center portion of each yarn feeder 8, a bistable solenoid 15 which is activated into operation by an operating signal from a control unit (not shown), and an output force transmission rod 18 which transmits the moving force of an output shaft 16 of the bistable solenoid 15 to a carrying pin 17.
- the above-identified lowering means 13 features the structure described below.
- a feeder rod 8a is secured by means of a feeder case 20 onto the center domain of the recess 14 formed in the center domain of the top end of each yarn feeder 8.
- the feeder rod 8a is secured to the feeder case 20 in such a state in which the intermediate height position is upwardly energized by a push-up spring 19.
- Each yarn feeding aperture 12 is formed at the bottom end of the feeder rod 8a.
- An end of a connecting plate 31 is connected to the intermediate height position of the carrying pin 17, whereas the other end of this connecting plate 31 is connected to the top end of a cam plate 22 (which is to be described later on) which presses the feeder rod 8a downward.
- bottom-end domain of the cam plate 22 is substantially of "twin-hill" cam shape which accommodates a pair of cams 23 and 23 available for pressing down a slide roller 24 at the tip end of the feeder rod 8a at such intervals substantially being equal to the width of the coupling recess 14.
- drive signal output from a control unit activates operation of a carriage drive unit to move the carriages 5 on the upper surface of needle beds 3.
- these carriages 5 are permitted to properly adjust forward and backward movement of those knitting needles 4 mounted on respective needle beds 3.
- a bistable solenoid 15 is activated by control signal available for pattern knitting in such region where no knit is composed. Then, as shown in Fig. 3, output shaft 16 of the bistable solenoid 15 enters into a set position in such a state in which the output shaft 15 projects itself in the downward direction. Simultaneously, the carrying pin 17 of the above-identified yarn feeder carrying means 11 ascends itself via the above-identified moving force transmission rod 18 in resistance against tensile force of a push-down spring 30. When the carrying pin 17 ascends higher, the cam plate 22 of the above-identified lowering means 13 is already pushed upward by way of pivoting on a swing-movement supporting pin 21.
- the control unit detects this effect and then outputs control signal to feed power to the bistable solenoid 15. This in turn puts the output shaft 16 of the bistable solenoid 15 into "reset” position simultaneous with the retraction of the output shaft 16 in the upward direction.
- the lifted carrying pin 17 is pressed downward by tensile force generated by a push-down spring 30.
- the cam plate 22 of the lowering means 13 swings itself in a vertical state by way of pivoting on the swing-movement supporting pin 21 via the connecting plate 31.
- the descended carrying pin 17 then thrusts in the coupling recess 14 of the feeder case 20 and then the pre-determined carriages 5 jointly keep on running themselves while this condition is present.
- a cam 23 on the upstream side in the running direction of those carriages 5 pushes down a slide roller 24 on the top end of the feeder rod 8a until reaching a position close to the tips of knitting needles 4.
- the control unit detects this effect and then outputs control signal to feed power to the bistable solenoid 15. Then, the descended carrying pin 17 is forcibly lifted in resistance against tensile force generated by the push-down spring 30. Now that the carrying pin 17 ascends itself, the cam plate 22 of the lowering means 13 swings itself upward by way of pivoting on the swing-movement supporting pin 21.
- the control unit detects this effect and then outputs control signal to shut off power from the bistable solenoid 15.
- the ascended carrying pin 17 is depressed by effect of tensile force generated by the push-down spring 30, and simultaneously, the cam plate 22 of the lowering means 13 swings itself in the vertical direction by way of pivoting on the swing-movement supporting pin 21.
- the reference numeral 32 shown in Fig. 3 designates a stopper which is secured to the yarn guide rail 6 at an outer position of knit width.
- the top end of the yarn feeder 8 thrusts in the coupling recess 14, where the tip domain of the top end of each yarn feeder 8 is provided with incline in order to prevent the carrying pin 17 and the coupling recess 14 from incurring unwanted damage otherwise caused by additional run of those carriages 5 when the stopper 31 stops the movement of respective yarn feeders 8.
- the above embodiment of the invention merely refers to provision of a pair of yarn guide rails 6 as shown in Figures 1 through 4. However, it is of course possible for the embodiment of the invention to provide a single yarn guide rail or a minimum of three of them as well. Furthermore, it goes without saying that a plurality of yarn feeders can also be provided for each yarn guide rail.
- the above embodiment merely provides a conventionally called “double-piece bed” flat knitting machine which disposes teeth portion (tip portion) of needle beds in a reverse-V shaped formation as shown in Fig. 1 for example.
- a conventionally called “quadruple-piece bed” flat knitting machine which is furnished with a pair of the "double-piece bed” flat knitting machines in the upper and lower positions.
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Description
- The present invention relates to a flat knitting machine and, more particularly, to apparatus for controlling a yarn feeding mechanism of such a machine.
- Reflecting the widely diversified fashions of garments in recent years, those modern knits including sweaters knitted by operating flat knitting machines contain a variety of colours and various kinds of yarns. Such knitting machines are disclosed in th following patent specifications, FR-A-2601045, US-A-2602312, CH-A-369249 and DE-A-2459693.
- Any of those conventional flat knitting machines available for knitting colour yarns of various kinds are furnished with at least one carriage which is secured to needle beds in order to adjust the movement of knitting needles in the forward and backward direction. In addition, a plurality of yarn feeders are slidably installed in the front and on the back of a plurality of yarn-guide rails which are secured above and in the longitudinal direction of the needle beds. In this case, it is necessary for respective yarn feeding apertures at the bottom tips of those yarn feeders to properly feed yarns at predetermined positions close to the tips of knitting needles when those knitting needles on the needle bed project at the knitting position.
- When setting all the yarn feeding apertures of those yarn feeders at predetermined positions close to the tips of knitting needles while knitting needles project themselves at the knitting position, those yarn feeding apertures collide with each other on the way of shifting positions of those yarn feeders as critical problem to solve.
- Now, therefore, in order to solve this problem, the applicant of the present invention previously proposed an art related to knitting yarn feeding system as was disclosed in the Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 50-13657 of 1975. The disclosed art features the structure described below.
- A plurality of carriages for adjusting positions of knitting needles in the forward and backward direction are installed on a plurality of yarn guide rails disposed above and in the longitudinal direction of needle beds. An operating pin is also provided, which is capable of controllably moving itself in the vertical direction from those carriages to yarn feeders.
- A coupling recess available for engagement with the operating pin is provided on the top surface of each yarn feeder. Concretely, when the operating pin which is engaged with the coupling recess moves in association with yarn feeders, the operating pin forcibly opens link in resistance against attractive energizing force of a spring in order to lower yarn feeding apertures on the bottom tip of respective yarn feeders down to a predetermined position close to the tips of knitting needles. On the other hand, when the operating pin engaged with the coupling recess is not accompanied with yarn feeders, the operating pin attracts the link by effect of attractive energizing force of the spring to lift the yarn feeding apertures at the bottom tips of respective yarn feeders, thus preventing yarn feeding apertures of other remaining yarn feeders from interferring with each other.
- Nevertheless, since the preceding art disclosed in the above-cited Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 50-13657 of 1975 is structured to shift yarn feeders by forcibly opening a link composed of two pairs of levers and pins in resistance against tensile force of a spring on the way of shifting an engaged rod available for shifting a yarn guide unit, when the spring exerts such tensile force stronger than sliding resistance generated by yarn feeders, those yarn feeders are transferred in such a state in which the link is not fully spread, in other words, in such a state in which yarn feeding apertures are not fully down.
- Furthermore, since the tensile force of the spring is exerted in the direction of proceeding yarn feeders, even when the engaged rod available for shifting yarn guide unit halts at the predetermined position, due to effect of tensile force generated by the spring, yarn feeders are obliged to travel themselves furthermore, thus making it difficult for the flat knitting machine to correctly control the shifting movement and stopping operation of yarn feeders.
- An object of the invention, therefore, is to solve at least some of the above mentioned problems. The object is achieved by providing a novel apparatus which is capable of precisely arranging all the yarn feeding apertures of yarn feeders by way of fully lowering them down to the predetermined position and, at the same time, precisely controlling the shifting movement and stopping operation of yarn feeders.
- According to the present invention there is provided a flat knitting machine comprising at least one carriage available for adjusting movement of knitting needles stored in their respective needle beds, a plurality of yarn guide rails which are respectively disposed above and in the longitudinal direction of the needle beds, a plurality of yarn feeders which respectively feed yarns to the knitting needles by way of being guided and accompanied by the yarn guide rails, and apparatus for driving said yarn feeders comprising a carrying means which selects yarn feeders to run in association with each other, and a lowering means which lowers yarn feeding apertures of selected yarn feeders down to a predetermined position close to the tips of the knitting needles, characterised in that the carrying means includes a carrying pin the movement of which is controlled according to movement of carriage facing the selected yarn feeder, and a coupling recess enabling the carrying pin to be engaged with a portion of the yarn feeder facing said carriage, and the lowering means causes a spring to urge a feeder rod in the upward direction, and then, when the carrying pin jointly runs in company with the yarn feeder, the lowering means causes the tip end of the feeder rod to lower itself in resistance to the force of the spring in association with the simultaneous run of the carrying pin with the yarn feeder.
- The functional operation of the apparatus according to the invention is described below.
- First, a plurality of carriages are activated to run on the top surface of corresponding needle beds. Then, when adjusting the movement of knitting needles in the forward and backward directions, the above mentioned lowering means starts to operate in association with the yarn feeder selecting and carrying means. As a result of the activated operation of the yarn feeder selecting and carrying means, selected yarn feeders respectively adjust the movement of knitting needles in the forward and backward directions by way of being accompanied with carriages. Simultaneously, the lowering means lowers yarn feeding apertures down to a predetermined position very close to the tips of knitting needles, and then securely feeds yarns to knitting needles mounted on respective needle beds.
- Next, as soon as those carriages arrive at the predetermined position to stop the movement of yarn feeders, the yarn feeder selecting and carrying means and the lowering means are respectively freed from operating condition. As a result, carriages are also released from the state of being accompanied by those yarn feeders before these carriages are brought to a full stop.
- Simultaneous with the release of the lowering means from operating condition, yarn feeding apertures of respective yarn feeders ascend themselves. In consequence, even when those yarn feeding apertures of other remaining yarn feeders individually pass by themselves, unwanted interference between those yarn feeding apertures at the bottom ends of respective yarn feeders can securely be prevented from occurrence.
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- Fig. 1 is a lateral view of carriages built in the flat knitting machine related to the invention;
- Fig. 2 is a schematic front view of the apparatus for driving yarn feeders embodied by the invention;
- Fig. 3 is a schematic lateral view of the apparatus for driving yarn feeders embodied by the invention; and
- Fig. 4 is a schematic lateral view explanatory of operative condition of the apparatus for driving yarn feeders embodied by the invention.
- Referring now to the accompanying drawings, detail of the apparatus for driving yarn feeders built in a flat knitting machine is described below.
- Fig. 1 illustrates a lateral view of the flat knitting machine designated by the reference numeral 1 in the accompanying drawings.
- Basically, the flat knitting machine 1 incorporates a pair of
needle beds body bed 2 by way of a reverse-V shaped formation as viewed from a lateral side. Eachneedle bed 3 incorporates a plurality of knitting needles 4 to permit all the knitting needles 4 to move themselves in the forward and backward directions as required. A pair ofcarriages needle beds carriages carriages frame 7 formed by way of spanningyarn guide rails needle beds needle beds carriages - As shown in Figures 1 and 2, sections of the
yarn guide rails yarn feeder 8 is slidably set to the front and back surfaces of eachyarn guide rail 6. Eachyarn feeder 8 is selected by adrive unit 9 secured in the center of the gate-shaped connectingframe 7 before being driven by thedrive unit 9. - As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the
drive unit 9 available for driving a plurality ofyarn feeders 8 is installed on the bottom surface of abase plate 10 secured to the gate-shaped connectingframe 7. Characteristically, thedrive unit 9 comprises a carrying means 11 and a lowering means 13 available for loweringyarn feeding aperture 12 at the bottom tip of eachyarn feeder 8 down to a predetermined position close to the tips of knitting needles 4 being opposite from thoseyarn feeders 8 on theyarn guide rails 6. - Structurally, the above-identified yarn feeder carrying means 11 comprises a
coupling recess 14 which is provided in the upper end and the center portion of eachyarn feeder 8, abistable solenoid 15 which is activated into operation by an operating signal from a control unit (not shown), and an outputforce transmission rod 18 which transmits the moving force of anoutput shaft 16 of thebistable solenoid 15 to a carryingpin 17. On the other hand, the above-identified lowering means 13 features the structure described below. - A
feeder rod 8a is secured by means of afeeder case 20 onto the center domain of therecess 14 formed in the center domain of the top end of eachyarn feeder 8. Thefeeder rod 8a is secured to thefeeder case 20 in such a state in which the intermediate height position is upwardly energized by a push-upspring 19. Eachyarn feeding aperture 12 is formed at the bottom end of thefeeder rod 8a. An end of a connectingplate 31 is connected to the intermediate height position of the carryingpin 17, whereas the other end of this connectingplate 31 is connected to the top end of a cam plate 22 (which is to be described later on) which presses thefeeder rod 8a downward. By virtue of the arrangement of those components described above, thecam plate 22 swings itself back and forth by way of pivoting on a swing-movement supporting pin 21 in relation to the vertical movement of the carryingpin 17. As shown in Fig. 3, bottom-end domain of thecam plate 22 is substantially of "twin-hill" cam shape which accommodates a pair ofcams slide roller 24 at the tip end of thefeeder rod 8a at such intervals substantially being equal to the width of thecoupling recess 14. - Next, operation of the
drive unit 9 available for drivingyarn feeders 8 is described below. - First, drive signal output from a control unit (not shown) activates operation of a carriage drive unit to move the
carriages 5 on the upper surface ofneedle beds 3. As a result, thesecarriages 5 are permitted to properly adjust forward and backward movement of those knitting needles 4 mounted onrespective needle beds 3. - While these
carriages 5 still keep on running, abistable solenoid 15 is activated by control signal available for pattern knitting in such region where no knit is composed. Then, as shown in Fig. 3,output shaft 16 of thebistable solenoid 15 enters into a set position in such a state in which theoutput shaft 15 projects itself in the downward direction. Simultaneously, the carryingpin 17 of the above-identified yarn feeder carrying means 11 ascends itself via the above-identified movingforce transmission rod 18 in resistance against tensile force of a push-downspring 30. When the carryingpin 17 ascends higher, thecam plate 22 of the above-identified lowering means 13 is already pushed upward by way of pivoting on a swing-movement supporting pin 21. - When the designated
carriages 5 arrive at the posisition of thepredetermined yarn feeders 8 which respectively feed yarns to knitting needles 4, the control unit (not shown) detects this effect and then outputs control signal to feed power to thebistable solenoid 15. This in turn puts theoutput shaft 16 of thebistable solenoid 15 into "reset" position simultaneous with the retraction of theoutput shaft 16 in the upward direction. As a result, the lifted carryingpin 17 is pressed downward by tensile force generated by a push-downspring 30. Simultaneously, in association with downward movement of the carryingpin 17, thecam plate 22 of the lowering means 13 swings itself in a vertical state by way of pivoting on the swing-movement supporting pin 21 via the connectingplate 31. - The descended carrying
pin 17 then thrusts in the coupling recess 14 of thefeeder case 20 and then thepre-determined carriages 5 jointly keep on running themselves while this condition is present. Of a plurality ofcams 23 of thecam plate 22, acam 23 on the upstream side in the running direction of thosecarriages 5 pushes down aslide roller 24 on the top end of thefeeder rod 8a until reaching a position close to the tips of knitting needles 4. - Next, referring to Fig. 4, as soon as the lateral domain of the carrying
pin 17 coupled with thecoupling recess 14 of the feedingcase 20 comes into contact with the lateral domain of thecoupling recess 14, those predeterminedyarn feeders 8 are drawn to thecarriages 5, and then, desired knit (not shown) is eventually knitted up by those knitting yarns supplied to knitting needles 4 via theyarn feeding apertures 12. - Whenever those
carriages 5 jointly stop the movement of thoseyarn feeders 8 or when thosecarriages 5 arrive at the predetermined position to activate movement ofother yarn feeders 8, the control unit (not shown) detects this effect and then outputs control signal to feed power to thebistable solenoid 15. Then, the descended carryingpin 17 is forcibly lifted in resistance against tensile force generated by the push-down spring 30. Now that the carryingpin 17 ascends itself, thecam plate 22 of the lowering means 13 swings itself upward by way of pivoting on the swing-movement supporting pin 21. - As soon as the lifted carrying
pin 17 is disengaged from the lateral domain of thecoupling recess 14, movement of the correspondingyarn feeder 8 is discontinued. Simultaneously, by effect of swing movement of thecam plate 22 in the upward direction, the push-upspring 19 then pushes up the loweredfeeder rod 8a until reaching a predetermined position at which the bottom-end yarn-feedingapertures 12 are perfectly free from incurring unwanted interference with each other. - Next, when the
predetermined carriages 5 arrive at the predetermined position to activate operation of other remainingyarn feeders 8, the control unit (not shown) detects this effect and then outputs control signal to shut off power from thebistable solenoid 15. As a result, the ascended carryingpin 17 is depressed by effect of tensile force generated by the push-down spring 30, and simultaneously, thecam plate 22 of the lowering means 13 swings itself in the vertical direction by way of pivoting on the swing-movement supporting pin 21. - Next, the descended carrying
pin 17 thrusts in thecoupling recess 14 of thefeeder case 20, and then, while this condition is present, when thecarriages 5 respectively proceed themselves furthermore, theslide roller 24 on the top of thefeeder rod 8a is pushed downward by the upstream-side cam 23 of thecam 22 in the running direction of thecarriages 5. As a result, the bottom-endyarn feeding aperture 12 is pushed downward until reaching a predetermined position close to the tips of knitting needles 4. - Thenceforth, using those knitting yarns supplied from the
yarn feeding apertures 12 ofrespective yarn feeders 8 in accordance with the sequential steps thus far described, desired knits are eventually formed. - The
reference numeral 32 shown in Fig. 3 designates a stopper which is secured to theyarn guide rail 6 at an outer position of knit width. The top end of theyarn feeder 8 thrusts in thecoupling recess 14, where the tip domain of the top end of eachyarn feeder 8 is provided with incline in order to prevent the carryingpin 17 and thecoupling recess 14 from incurring unwanted damage otherwise caused by additional run of thosecarriages 5 when thestopper 31 stops the movement ofrespective yarn feeders 8. - The above embodiment of the invention merely refers to provision of a pair of
yarn guide rails 6 as shown in Figures 1 through 4. However, it is of course possible for the embodiment of the invention to provide a single yarn guide rail or a minimum of three of them as well. Furthermore, it goes without saying that a plurality of yarn feeders can also be provided for each yarn guide rail. - Furthermore, the above embodiment merely provides a conventionally called "double-piece bed" flat knitting machine which disposes teeth portion (tip portion) of needle beds in a reverse-V shaped formation as shown in Fig. 1 for example. However, it should be understood that the scope of the invention is also applicable to a conventionally called "quadruple-piece bed" flat knitting machine which is furnished with a pair of the "double-piece bed" flat knitting machines in the upper and lower positions. Concretely, when embodying the invention relative to the "quadruple-piece bed" flat knitting machine, in order to provide surpassing functional feature like the knitted hall garments (which are substantially tubular knits) for the objective knitting machine, normally, it is essential for the knitting machine to secure physical space in the knitting region close to the teeth portion of carriages in order to dispose a movable sinker capable of controlling cam plate or such space for accommodating a stitch presser drive unit needed for pressing meshes of a knit and such space needed for permitting rotation of the stitch presser. In consequence, vacant area of knit region close to the teeth portion of carriage is narrowed, and yet, since it is much more difficult for any conventional quadruple-piece bed knitting machine to smoothly operate yarn feeders in limited space than the case of operating the double-piece bed type flat knitting machine, the arrangement of the teeth region of needle beds in a reverse-V. shaped formation embodied by the invention is extremely useful to solve technical problems.
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- A flat knitting machine (1) comprising at least one carriage (5) available for adjusting forward and backward movement of knitting needles (4) stored in their respective needle beds (3), a plurality of yarn guide rails (6) which are respectively disposed above and in the longitudinal direction of the needle beds, a plurality of yarn feeders (8) which respectively feed yarns to the knitting needles (4) by way of being guided and accompanied by the yarn guide rails (6), and apparatus for driving said yarn feeders comprising carrying means (11) which selects yarn feeders to run in association with each other, and lowering means (13) which lowers the yarn feeding aperture (12) of the selected yarn feeders down to a predetermined postion close to the tips of knitting needles (4); characterised in that,the carrying means (11) includes a carrying pin (17) the movement of which is controlled according to movement of carriage (5) facing the selected yarn feeder (8), and a coupling recess (14) enabling the carrying pin to be engaged with a portion of the yarn feeder facing the carriage; andthe lowering means (13) causes a spring to urge a feeder rod (8a) in the upward direction and, when the carrying pin (17) jointly runs in company with the yarn feeder, the lowering means causes the tip end of the feeder rod to lower itself in resistance to the force of the spring and in association with the simultaneous run of the carrying pin with the yarn feeder (8).
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